The effectiveness of IF-MADM (intuitionistic-fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making) for group decisions: methods and an empirical assessment for the selection of a senior centre

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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Chia-Rong Su¹  Zheng-Yun Zhuang²  Shu-Chin Chang³ 

[1] Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade de Macau, Bldg. N21, Avenida da Vitoria, Ilha da Montanha, Taipa, Macao;

[2] Department of Civil Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, No. 415, Jiangong Rd., Sanmin Dist., Kaohsiung City 80778, Taiwan;

[3] The Graduate Institute of Business Management, Chang Gung University, 259 Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan;

关键词: group decision;    multi-attribute decision-making;    intuitionistic fuzzy number;    multiple criteria analysis;    operational research in health services;    data-driven decision making;   

DOI  :  10.3846/tede.2019.8399

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study determines the effectiveness of intuitionistic-fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making (IF-MADM) for making group decisions in practice. The effectiveness of the method is measured in terms of four dimensions: applicability, efficacy, efficiency and informativeness. To measure the efficacy, an IF-MADM model that has been recently proposed, AHP and the TOPSIS approach, which are compensatory models for group MADM, are used to model and solve the same collective decision. Using non-parametric statistical tests for data analytics, a ‘similarity confirmation method’ is proposed for a pair-wise test. This is to determine whether the score vectors are similar. Score vectors are used to determine the final ordinal ranks and whose scales differ greatly for different MADM methods. Since the latter two MADM models are both trustworthy with a known range of applications, any similarity in the results verifies the efficacy of IF-MADM. Using this process, the applicability of IF-MADM modelling is demonstrated. The efficiency and informativeness are also benchmarked and justified in terms of the model’s ability to produce a more informed decision. These results are of interest to practitioners for the selection and application of MADM models. Finally, the selection of a senior centre, which is a real group decision problem, is used to illustrate these. This extends the empirical application of IF-MADM, as relatively few studies practically compare issues for IF-MADM with those for other MADM models. The study also supports a rarely studied non-clinical healthcare decision that is relevant because there are many aging societies.

【 授权许可】

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